https://www.lafferty.ca/2007/04/26/mitel-acquires-inter-tel/ Rich Lafferty's OLD blog Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:11:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.2 https://www.lafferty.ca/2007/04/26/mitel-acquires-inter-tel/comment-page-1/#comment-3769 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:11:29 +0000 http://www.lafferty.ca/2007/04/26/mitel-acquires-inter-tel/#comment-3769 Not ‘acquires’ – makes an offer to buy. Google tells me that one 20% shareholder (the founder) will be hostile to the offer. So the offer needs to be good enough to attract 5/8 of the rest of the shareholders – some of whom might want to keep their shares or might wait for a better offer.

]]> https://www.lafferty.ca/2007/04/26/mitel-acquires-inter-tel/comment-page-1/#comment-3751 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:36:24 +0000 http://www.lafferty.ca/2007/04/26/mitel-acquires-inter-tel/#comment-3751 You’re on the buying vs. being bought side (unless I misread) – the buying side is always better.

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